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Last Updated: Aug 19, 2008 - 12:48:50 PM |
The protest on Sunday is the latest in a series of demonstrations by
overseas workers which were quelled in the Gulf state in July.
Some 16 Bangladeshi workers were arrested by Kuwait police, expatriate
welfare and employment secretary Abdul Matin Chowdhury told Bangladeshi
website bdnews24.com Monday.
Attempts are underway to release them, he added. Quoting officials of
the Bangladesh mission in Kuwait, he said some 16 Bangladeshis cleaners
had downed tools and reportedly resisted the police.
Meanwhile, Kuwaiti daily The Arab Times reported on Monday that some 20
Bangladeshis, working at the Kuwait Parliament Building, called the
strike.
Social affairs and labour minister Bader Al-Duwailah said measures
would be taken against companies that were depriving workers of their
deserved salaries.
Kuwait police arrested at least 800 Bangladeshi workers last month, and
deported more than 1,129 workers to Bangladesh
Source:Ocnus.net 2008
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